Hi Kirtsy and Cath

Thankyou very much for your replies. At least I am not alone with the same problem. I now hate to think how my son will go with handling and accepting a helmet - I do hope he adjusts to it. Did Gus have his fitted at the RCH? It is good to hear how he doesn't mind wearing it now. I wouldn't worry about people looking/staring at your son. It is humans nature for people to look at something that seems different or unseen before. I had to wear hearing aids since I was 6 years old and hated being teased at school and always tried to cover them with my hair. It got to a stage in my late teens/early twenties that I had enough of 'hiding', and thus started tieing my hair back and was proud to show them off. My self-confidence improved tremoundously and people respected me for who I was not because I wore aids. I also realised that I needed my aids to hear - and became an important accessory in my life and didnt care what others thought - if they made a comment, I made one back about them (something I was too terrified to do when I was at school). My son may get looks from other people but importantly, I won't be seeing those people again and my son will in the long run have a normal head shape and will thank me for it. Life is too short to worry about what others think - people/friends come and go, but your kids are there for a lifetime .